jpdb beta

messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

1

forty; 40

4

two parts; two copies; the second part

1

one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around

4

mainly; primarily

1

oral; verbal; spoken; parol

5

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

5

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

2

miscellaneous poems

5

excellent poem; famous poem

3

to collect; to assemble; to gather

5

carriage; movement (of the body)

1

poetic style

3

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

3

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

1

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

1

countryside; rural areas

3

parting; separation; farewell

3

Oki (former province located on Oki Island in present-day Shimane Prefecture); Oki (island)

3

to wait upon; to serve

3

fatty cut (esp. of tuna belly)

2

reign of an emperor of Japan

1

hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip

1

to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum

1

seaweed salt; salt from burning seaweed

6

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

4

to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)

2

500-man battalion (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

2

the same thing

1

personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis

1

degree; lineage

1

to have a reason; to have an excuse

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

4

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

4

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

1

fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul

2

reeling in by hand; winding by hand; spinning by hand; dragnet

1

to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone

5

same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category

1

rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)

2

details; particulars

2

government service; the bureaucracy

3

irony; rhetorical question

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

2

blame; censure; rebuke; reproof

2

disinheritance; disowning

2

one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

2

to weep copiously; to grieve; to be dejected

2